Non-refillable bottle.



No. 763,534:- PATENTED JUNE 28, 1904. A. G. ABIZAID.

- NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIQATIQ'N FILED APR.16. 1904 N0 MODEL,

, A iii SN Al/omey UNITED STATES lateiited .itne as, 1964.

I PATENT OFFICE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,534, dated June28, 1904.

Application filed April 16, 1904. Serial No. 203,487. (No model.)

1'0 all whrmt it mmty concern:

Be it known that I, AMEEN G. ABIZAID, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented newand useful Improvements in Non- Refillable Bottles, 'of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in non-refillable bottles; andit consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts of which it is composed, all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The annexeddrawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in Which v Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view ofmy improved non-refillable bottle. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view ofthe disk and post. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the disk. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view of the disk and post in modified form. Fig. 5 is avertical sectional view of my non-refillable bottle in modified form,and Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the post shown in Fig. 5.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates thebottle or vessel designed to hold liquids, and the same is provided inits neck a with an interior zigzag passage b, which provides an indirectpassage from the mouth of the bottle to the interior thereof.

Centrally arranged within the body of the bottle is a vertical post 0,the upper end d of which has its bearing in the neck, as at a,

while the lower end thereof has its hearing or seat in the bottom of thevessel, as at f. Within this vessel is arranged a disk B, having acentral vertical opening g and a hub it, through which passes freely thepost c,and this hub is provided withgripping springarms 2', which engagenotches jon the central post. A valve-opening 1 0 is arranged in the huband disk, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5', and is provided with a valve Z.

In Fig. 5 the central post is shown slightly modified, wherein the sameis provided with a series of slots 01, in which is pivoted a pair ofshort arms 0, that are connected to one another by a coiled spring 19.

In Fig. 4: my device is shown in another form, the hub of the disk beingrecessed at r, and the same is providedwith pawls s, that are pivoted atIf to said hub, and above and below the lever end a of these pawls areballs '11, which serve to keep the pawl in engagement with the notchesin thecentral post.

Having thus described the different parts of which my improvednon-refillablebottle is composed, I will now proceed to explain itsoperation. The disk being at the lowest notch of the post, leaving anair-space between the same and the bottom of the bottle or vessel, theliquid is poured into the mouth of the bottie and passes down the zigzagpassage and into the interior or body between the disk and the topthereof, and a cork may be inserted in the mouth of the bottle. Inemptying the bottle of its contents the cork is removed and the bottletilted and the liquid passes out of the zigzag neck. At the same timethe disk is following the same toward the neck or opening, and whensuflicient is poured out of the vessel the spring-arms engage thenotches in the post and hold the disk in place, and when the entirecontents of the bottle are poured out the disk reaches the top of theinterior of the vessel and is held by the spring-arms engaging the uppernotch in the central post, thus completely closing the interior or neckof the vessel, thereby preventing the bottle from being again filled, asthe valve is opened halfway, and if any liquid is attempted to be pouredinto the bottle the valve closes immediately and preventsthe entrance ofthe liquid.

It will be seen from the above description, when taken in connectionwith the annexed drawings, that by myconstruction of a nonrefillablebottle the interior cannot be tampered with, as the spring arms cannotbe reached in order to release them, and that when the bottle becomesempty it becomes worthless as a liquid-holder, and the disk being snuglyfitted to the interior of the vessel the liquid is held in the mainspace between said disk and the top of the bottle, and a device asherein described is easily operated, durable,

not llable to get out of order, and at the same time cheap tomanufacture.

What 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vessel having a Zigzag interior passage in theneck thereof, of a vertical central post having its upper end bearing inthe neck of the bottle and its lower end seated in the bottom of thevessel and provided with a series of notches, a disk having a hub andfitting snugly the interior of the vessel and provided with spring-armsfor engaging said notches, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a bottle, of acen tral fixed post having aseries of notches and a movable disk having a hub and central open-AMEEN G. ABIZAID.

Witnesses:

WM. H. BATES, A. M. BUNN.

